Chatzidaki A., Bakalis K., Vamvatsikos D. (2020). Seismic resilience assessment for the G7 highway bridge in Greece. Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2020), Athens, Greece
Abstract | The seismic risk is assessed for two twin bridges, one per direction, forming the G7 branch of the Egnatia Odos highway in Greece. These are structurally independent horizontally-curved cantilevered-deck three-span reinforced concrete structures with a monolithic pier-to-deck connection that have been designed circa 2004 according to Greek and European standards. The aim is to develop a tool for pre-event risk assessment and rapid post-event inspection of critical road infrastructure by combining hazard, vulnerability and sensor information (where available) to predict the resulting consequences. To enhance the assessment resolution, a component-based approach is followed, allowing us to evaluate damage scenarios for individual critical components (i.e., piers and bearings) and propagate them to the system-level performance. Consequences are quantified in terms of repair losses, downtime, and traffic capacity losses, the latter identified as the number of closed lanes and the allowable speed limit for the open ones. This allows tracing back the consequences after an event to individual bridge components to help road operators establish bridge inspection prioritization protocols and manage associated incidents, facilitating the rapid assessment of the state of the bridge and optimal recovery to full functionality.